Rick Mears — American Celebrity born on December 03, 1951,

Rick Ravon Mears is a retired American race car driver. He is one of three men to be four-time winners of the Indianapolis 500, and the current record-holder for pole positions in the race with six. Mears is also a three-time Indycar series/World Series champion... (wikipedia)

The American Dream is about freedom.
To finish first you must first finish.
You hear a lot of drivers say they'll quit when they're not enjoying it. That's pretty much what happened to me. It was a combination of things, but mostly it was losing that enthusiasm I always felt before.
For me, the American Dream was to go racing; for others, it's to pursue whatever their goals may be.
America allows us to be able to dream, then gives us the ability to achieve those dreams.